According to Aaron Davis, fasting isn't something to check off on a spiritual to-do list.

fasting is a gift waiting for you to open it.

It's a get-to, not a got-to, it delight not a duty. You are not commanded to do it in the new

Testament but I'll say it again fasting is feasted friends.

Welcome to the Reviver Hearts Podcast for January 27th, 2023.

I'm Danagresh. Our host is the author of Adorned Nancy Deoss Walke. Have you heard the term spiritual discipline?

Some of us may have a natural tendency. I heard the term spiritual discipline.

Some of us may have a natural tendency

to shrink back a little bit when we hear the word discipline.

But did you know that discipline is actually a good thing? And a spiritual discipline is anything we do,

we do, any habit we form

that's intended to help us grow in our relationship with Christ.

I think we can all agree that's a good thing. There are things we do, life rhythms we develop, not to earn God's favor, but because we love him. We want to grow closer to him. There are ways we can put ourselves in a

position to better receive his word and his grace. Well fasting is another one of those

spiritual disciplines.

Yesterday on Reviver Hearts, we heard part one of a message that Aaron Davis gave in a breakout

session at the last True Woman conference.

It was all about the subject of fasting. She gave us two reasons to

fast. First, because Jesus and other heroes of our faith in the scripture fasted. And then

second, because fasting is a way to, as Aaron put it,

turn down the volume on our flesh and turn up the volume on things of the spirit.

I think that's really important. If you missed yesterday's

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